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Polymorphisms in cyclin D1 gene and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Molecular carcinogenesis - 1 Feb 2002
Zhang Yu-Jing, Chen Shu-Yuan, Chen Chien-Jen, Santella Regina M
Abstract excerpt
The cyclin D1 gene, CCND1, located within chromosome 11q13, plays an important role in the regulation of cell-cycle progression and has oncogenic properties. Cyclin D1 frequently is overexpressed in a variety of cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as a result of gene amplification. In a previous study, we showed threefold to 20-fold amplification of CCND1 in four of 30 (13%) HCC tissues from Taiwan...
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